Simisage 11/146 · XY

Simisage is Pokédex #512, generation 5 (Unova). Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Simisage sits at 11/146 in XY, position 11 of 146. Before it is 10 Pansage, and after it is 12 Chespin. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Torment lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Active Pokémon's attacks. That Pokémon can't use that attack during your opponent's next turn. Solar Beam is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It attacks enemies with strikes of its thorn-covered tail. This Pokémon is wild tempered."

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 8/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 5 other cards of Simisage list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY set binder is where a full XY set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.